Abstract:
:The case of a 31 man with acute disautonomia envolving the parasympathetic and sympathetic systems but sparing sympathetic cholinergic division is presented. A Hodgkin lymphoma was diagnosed allowing the diagnosis of a paraneoplastic syndrome.
journal_name
Acta Med Portjournal_title
Acta medica portuguesaauthors
Crespo M,Correia L,Ferreira F,Ducla-Soares JLsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-03-01 00:00:00pages
153-4issue
2eissn
0870-399Xissn
1646-0758journal_volume
15pub_type
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journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
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doi:
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journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Essencial Thrombocytemia is a rare chronic myeloproliferative disease of unknown etiology, characterized by markedly elevated platelet production (> 600,000/ml). It is more frequent among women above 50 years of age and may be associated with hemorrhagic or thrombotic tendencies. The authors report a case of Essencial...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Blood samples collected from 1017 individuals incarcerated in the prisons of Caxias, Linhó and Tires, during 1990, were tested for anti-HIV. Rates of seropositivity were interpreted in the view of statistical data issued from the Council of Europe. ...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry involves a multidisciplinary assessment at the courts' requested to assist them in the process of justice delivery. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Retrospective study which included 233 forensic requests to two child and adolescent psychiatrists from Coimbra's HP-CHUC Child ...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
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doi:10.20344/amp.8579
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.20344/amp.6517
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Endoscopic interventional techniques have created a wide new perspective for non-surgical treatment of chronic pancreatitis (CP). Surgery and endoscopy differ in their techniques, but are comparable with regard to tactics. The aim of methods in CP is to relieve pain and/or local complications. The preliminary results ...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
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journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2006-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:The percentage of citizens who were not registered with a family physician in Portugal reached 16.6% in 2011. In 2012 the Ministry of Health implemented several measures aiming at improving access to family physicians. One clear objective was that all individuals would be registered with a family physician...
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.20344/amp.9873
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1998-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Whipple's Disease is a rare multisystemic disease caused by Gram-positive bacillus, Tropheryma whippelii, family of Actinobacterias and group of Actinomycetes. Because the disease is rare and has different forms of presentation the diagnosis comes frequently late. The authors present the case of a white man, 50 years ...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The authors present a retrospective study of medical records of patients with lung cancer, admitted at the Service 1 of Internal Medicine of Santo António dos Capuchos Hospital during a 12 year period (1978-1989). Of the 112 selected patients, 50% had histologic diagnosis, the remaining had strong clinical radiographi...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1992-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1995-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Since the introduction of imatinib mesylate for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia, impressive clinical responses were observed in the majority of patients in chronic phase. However, not all patients experience an optimal response to imatinib mesylate or even to the more potent, second generation tyrosine kina...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.20344/amp.14341
更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.20344/amp.4928
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.20344/amp.8082
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journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.20344/amp.9962
更新日期:2018-02-28 00:00:00
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journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Because the metabolic syndrome (MS) poses a growing public health problem, it is crucial to identify related modifiable risk factors. The MS is a multifaceted syndrome, however, physical activity (PA) is thought to be one of the protective factors in MS occurrence. The purpose of this study is to analyse recent litera...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A retrospective epidemiological study was made based on 1,768 burn patients admitted either to the Burns Unit or the general wards of the Plastic Surgery Department of Prelada Hospital in Oporto, from October 1988 until November 1997, corresponding to almost 8.5% of the overall patients admitted. The average age of th...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1998-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00